continuously

On and on

Without interruption or cessation.

Something that happens continuously goes on without breaks: The machine ran continuously for three days.

Distinguished from continually, which suggests repeated action with pauses between.

Continuously implies an unbroken flow; continually implies frequent recurrence.

ongoing

perpetually

Without interruption or end

incessantly · uninterruptedly · nonstop · endlessly · relentlessly · persistently · steadily · unremittingly · around the clock · day and night

flowing

streaming

Real-time digital delivery

cascading · gushing · dripping · seeping · oozing · circulating · cycling · looping · coursing · rolling

gradual

progressively

In increasing stages

smoothly · seamlessly · evenly · uniformly · consistently · regularly · methodically · systematically · step by step · bit by bit

habitual

routinely

As standard practice

daily · chronically · repeatedly · frequently · traditionally · ritually · typically · conventionally · systematically · predictably

persistent

determinedly

With fixed purpose

resolutely · unflaggingly · tirelessly · unwaveringly · steadfastly · perseveringly · diligently · assiduously · single-mindedly · obstinately

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Opposites
temporal regularity

continuouslyintermittently

At irregular intervals

discontinuously · sporadically · periodically · occasionally · episodically

frequency/occurrence

continuouslynever

At no point

rarely · seldom · infrequently · hardly ever · occasionally

Phrases
Family

continuous, discontinuous, continuousness

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